• Anderson, Joseph Reid
  Va. Va.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1832 (4)
  2 Lieutenant 3 artillery 1 July 1836
  transferred to engineers 1 Nov 1836 as Brevet 2 Lieutenant to rank from 1 July 1836
  transferred to 3 artillery 31 Dec 1836 as 2 Lieutenant to rank from 1 July 1836
  transferred to engineers 1 July 1837 as Brevet 2 Lieutenant to rank from 1 July 1836
  resigned 30 Sept l837
  (Brigadier General Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)
  died 7 Sept 1892

• Anderson, Larz
  France. D C.
  Captain assistant adjutant-general volunteers 12 May 1898
  honorably discharged 5 Sept 1898

• Anderson, Marcellus
  Va. Va.
  2 Lieutenant infantry 20 Mar 1847
  16 infantry 9 Apr 1847
  honorably mustered out 7 Aug 1848

• Anderson, Nathaniel
  Va. Tenn.
  Major quartermaster volunteers 6 Aug 1846
  honorably discharged 3 Mar 1849

• Anderson, Nels
  Denmark. Army.
  Private Corporal and Sergeant G 1 cavalry 10 Dec 1897 to 16 Aug 1900
  2 Lieutenant 7 infantry 25 July 1900

• Anderson, Nicholas Longworth
  Ohio. Ohio.
  1 Lieutenant and regimental adjutant 6 Ohio infantry 12 May 1861
  Lieutenant Colonel 21 June 1861
  Colonel 9 Nov 1862
  Brevet Brigadier General volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for gallant conduct and meritorious service in the battle of Stone River Tenn 31 Dec 1862
  and mag [sic] General volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickaimauga Ga Sept 19 and 20, 1863
  honorably mustered out 23 June 1864
  [died 18 Sept 1892]

• Anderson, Pierce Butler
  Tenn. Tenn.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1823 to 31 Dec 1825
  Captain infantry 5 Mar 1847
  14 infantry 9 Apr 1847
  honorably mustered out 26 July 1848
  (Captain artillery Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)
  killed 13 Dec 1861 in action at Buffalo Mountain W Va

• Anderson, Richard Herron
  S C. S C.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1838 (40)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 1 dragoons 1 July 1842
  2 Lieutenant 2 dragoons 6 July 1844
  1 Lieutenant 13 July 1848
  Captain 3 Mar 1855
  Brevet 1 Lieutenant 20 Aug 1847 for gallantry and meritorious conduct in an affair with the enemy at San Augustine Mex
  resigned 3 Mar 1861
  (Lieutenant General Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)
  died 26 June 1879

• Anderson, Robert
  Ohio.
  1 Lieutenant 26 infantry 20 May 1813
  honorably discharged 1 June 1814

• Anderson, Robert
  Ky. Ky.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1821 (15)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 2 artillery 1 July 1825
  2 Lieutenant 3 artillery 1 July 1825
  1 Lieutenant 30 June 1833
  Brevet Captain assistant adjutant-general 7 July 1838 to 30 Nov 1841
  Captain 3 artillery 23 Oct 1841
  Major 1 artillery 5 Oct 1857
  Brigadier General 15 May 1861
  retired 27 Oct 1863
  Brevet Captain 2 Apr 1838 for gallantry and successful conduct in the war against the Florida Indians
  Major 8 Sept 1847 for gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey Mex;
  and Major General 3 Feb 1865 for gallantry and meritorious service in the harbor of Charleston S C in the defense of Ft Sumter
  died 27 Oct 1871

• Anderson, Robert Alexander.
  Miss. Miss.
  1 Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon 3 Miss infantry 16 Nov 1898
  honorably mustered out 17 Mar 1899
  Captain Assistant Surgeon volunteers 11 Mar 1901
  resigned 16 Nov 1901

• Anderson, Robert Houston
  Ga. Ga.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1853 (35)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 7 infantry 1 July 1857
  2 Lieutenant 9 infantry 29 Dec 1857
  resigned 17 May 1861
  (Brigadier General Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)
  died 8 Feb 1888

• Anderson, Robert Houston
  Ga. Ga.
  2 Lieutenant 9 infantry 30 Oct 1884
  1 Lieutenant 28 Sept 1889
  Captain 26 Apr 1898
  died 7 Nov 1901

• Anderson, Samuel H.
  Tenn. Tenn.
  Captain 2 dragoons 8 June 1836
  resigned 1 Oct 1837

• Anderson, Samuel Smith
  Va. Va.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 Sept 1836 (18)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 2 artillery 1 Ju]y 1841
  2 Lieutenant 4 Jan 1842
  1 Lieutenant 3 Mar 1847
  Captain 8 Mar 1855
  Brevet Captain 8 Sept 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey Mex:
  and Major 13 Sept 1847 for gallant conduct at Chapultepec Mex
  resigned 27 Apr l861
  (Colonel assistant adjutant-general Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)
  died 23 Feb 1901

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known. Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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